An illustrated collection of beloved African American stories. Story genres include myths and fables, fairy tales, folk tales, animal stories, stories about slavery, and African-American songs.

Be-Bop, Re-Bop is told in language that swings off the page. It's the story of the '30s-Krazy Kat cartoons, the Louis-Schmelling fight, the young Nat King Cole. The story of the '40s-the Flying Black Aces, Billie Holiday, and the least known titans of jazz. It's the story of the '50s, with its bawling baby named desegregation, and the story of now, with its brie, Chablis and self-centered me. Riding a rift of sheet joy, Be-Bop conjures up the time...